* In April 2012 Conservative Party MP and culture secretary came under pressure to resign as a result of his closeness to Rupert Murdoch's media empire and alleged corruption in dealing with Murdoch's bid for News Corporation's takeover of BSkyB.

In 2012, the US Air Force alleged that two of its female airmen were subjected to cyber-bullying after receiving Bronze Star Medals for meritorious non-combat service.

In August 2012 the United States sanctioned Hezbollah for their alleged role in the Syrian civil war.

On July 20, 2012, unconfirmed reports from North Korea alleged that Ri had died or been injured in a firefight with Political Bureau troops.

Moreover no quatrain suggests, as is often claimed by books and films on the alleged Mayan Prophecy, that the world will end in December 2012.

After a lengthy investigation conducted by the National Football League's security department, the league alleged on March 2, 2012 that 22 to 27 defensive players on the New Orleans Saints maintained a " pay for performance " program that included " bounty " payments administered by then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.

On May 2, 2012 it was announced that four players who played for the team between 2009 and 2011 would receive suspensions for their alleged participation in " Bountygate ": Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma ( 16 games ), Saints defensive lineman Will Smith ( 4 games ), former Saints / current Browns linebacker Scott Fujita ( 3 games ), and former Saints / current Packers defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove ( 8 games ).

* 2012 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses.

In June 2012, the U. S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against government officials in Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah, for alleged civil rights violations, including acting as de-facto agents for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-a Mormon sect that split off in order to continue the practice of polygamy-denying ex-members and non-members of the Church access to everything from police services to housing and utilities.

In 1976, Tommy West was replaced with " Mr. F " who is alleged to be John " Bunter " Graham and remains the incumbent Chief of Staff as of 2012.

In May 2012, the Mayor Daniel Salinas was arrested for alleged corruption.

An April 2012 article in The New York Times reported that a former executive of Wal-Mart de Mexico alleged in September 2005 that Wal-Mart de Mexico had paid bribes via local fixers called gestores to officials throughout Mexico in order to obtain construction permits, information, and other favors, that Wal-Mart investigators found credible evidence that Mexican and American laws had been broken, and that Wal-Mart executives in the United States " hushed up " the allegations.

Another controversy occurred in 2012 after the NBPP offered a $ 10, 000 bounty for the " legal citizen's arrest " of George Zimmerman, the alleged perpetrator of the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

After fraud was alleged in the mayoral election of 2012 and the United Russia candidate was declared the winner, organizers of the 2011 – 2012 Russian protests supported the defeated candidate, Oleg V. Shein of Just Russia, in a hunger strike.

It is recognized as one of the most prestigious investment banks in the world, but has sparked a great deal of controversy over alleged improper practices, especially since the 2007 – 2012 global financial crisis.

" ( Examiner ) In 2012, according to the Toronto Sun, " The legendary twins, who once graced the pages of Playboy, spearheaded the movement to track down a person posting on line videos of killing kittens believed to be alleged killer Luka Magnotta ".

A 2012 article in Vanity Fair alleged that Mimi held an unfavorable view of the church's controversial leader, David Miscavige.

Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun ( 22 July 194230 June 2012 ) was a British Australian, who is most noted because of the documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleged he was the rightful monarch of England instead of Queen Elizabeth II.

In April 2012, Wheeling Jesuit became the subject of a federal investigation regarding the alleged misappropriation of funds by the school's administration.

In 2012 the school was alleged to have been gifted to the Bournemouth 2026 Partnership and plans to demolish buildings on the land were thwarted when members from the Occupy Movement took direct action in order to delay bulldozers.

On 21 September 2012 the London Evening Standard reported an incident that had led to Coleman's arrest for alleged assault the previous afternoon.

During an interview with Kremlin-funded broadcaster Russia Today in April 2012, Schofield alleged that Menwith Hill was " involved in drone attacks ".

Human rights activists called for a cancellation of 2012 race due to reports of alleged human rights abuses committed by the Bahraini authorities, team personnel also voiced concerns about safety.

Four of the confirmed sightings of this species involved three to six individuals ( one group included a calf ) in waters from to deep, while a 2012 sighting involved as many as ten to twelve individuals.

In August 2012, it was revealed that Sea World would launch, Seal Harbour, a seal and sea lion exhibit in time for the summer school holidays.

* Seal Harbour will be a seal and sea lion exhibit when it opens at the end of 2012.

* 2012 – 3 gunmen kill 19 people in a church near Okene, Nigeria.

* 2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg.

* 2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3, 000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

Serbia and Montenegro are in the decision stage of the negotiations and are expected to become the newest members of the WTO in 2012 or in near future.

* 2012 – The Al-Qubeir massacre occurred in a village near Hama, Syria, killing 78 people.

* 2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashed near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

* 2012 – In Qafa e Vishës bus tragedy near Himara, Albania 13 students of Aleksandër Xhuvani University killed in bus crash.

A fourth near Cobham opened on 13 September 2012.

According to their tally, there were 751 Samaritans as of January 1, 2012, living exclusively in two localities, one in Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and the other in the Israeli city of Holon.

The 2012 World Championship Final will be held at Smeatharpe Raceway near Honiton in Devon in August 2012.

In 2012, the church announced plans for a $ 33 million investment to build Isshin Hospital-Brazil and a spa and a $ 12 million convention center near McCarran International Airport.

* On 23 August 2012, a storm blew a hot air balloon to the ground, causing it to catch fire on impact near Ljubljana, Slovenia.

An airstrike, reportedly performed by US aircraft, on 31 January 2012 near the city of Lawder in Abyan province, killed 11 AQAP militants.

From around 30, 000 in 1960 it has risen to near 1 million by 2000 and by 2012 to about 1. 5 million.

On April 2, 2012, 7 people were killed in a shooting at Oikos University, in East Oakland near the airport and Coliseum Complex.

On May 28, 2012, Jacksonville was hit by Tropical Storm Beryl, packing winds up to 70 mph ( 110 km / h which made landfall near Jacksonville Beach.

Among rural East Texas churches is the White Rock Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery at 12555 Texas State Highway 7 near Center ; pastor Keith Rose ( 2012 ).

* Work on cleaning up the site of the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station near Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England, which was decommissioned on 29 February 2012, is scheduled to be complete no earlier than 2092 ( and possibly as late as 2101 ).

It is located on Broadway near city hall and as of 2012, has an enrollment of about 220.

The bus station is located between the town centre and the railway station, but is scheduled to be moved near the railway station at the end of 2012.

On or about September 24th, 2012, Clymer Central School superintendent Keith Reed Jr. was shot to death by an apparent murderer on his property near Clymer.

In March 2012 Shell announced intent to study and build a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker near Monaca, PA to produce ethylene from abundant Marcellus shale natural gas in the area.

Balch Springs Middle School will open in an area in or near Balch Springs in 2012.